About this episode
The episode critiques Windows 11's performance compared to older versions, highlighting user complaints and test results.
Hey Strangers, #microsoft #laptop #windows11"Facepalm: Microsoft markets Windows 11 as the fastest and most secure version of the operating system, but users often complain about it being slow, bloated, and buggy. A new speed test now suggests that there may be more truth to those complaints than Microsoft would like to admit.YouTuber TrigrZolt ran several tests pitting six generations of Windows - from XP to Windows 11 - against one another to see which one can complete a range of tasks the fastest. Surprisingly, Windows 11 came dead last in most of the tests, including boot speed, battery life, app opening speed, and video editing.Windows 11 also came in last place in terms of memory use, taking up much more RAM than older versions of the OS, even without any apps running on the laptop. The additional memory usage can mostly be attributed to the large suite of background services and telemetry that power users have complained about for years. Windows 11 was also the slowest in the video editing test using OpenShot.=======================================My other…
People in this episode
Host: Coding With Strangers
Topics covered
- Windows 11
- operating systems
- performance comparison
- technology critique
- user experience
Keywords
- Windows 11
- Microsoft
- performance
- speed test
- operating system
- user complaints
- RAM usage
- video editing
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Microsoft, TechSpot
Products: Windows 11
Books & works: OpenShot
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